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Snail chain

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Asmat
Object type
Snail chain
Dimensions
Height: 119 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Width: 1,5 cm
Material/Technique
Snails (cowries, Cypraea moneta)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 57536

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Melanesia
    West New Guinea
    who
    Asmat
  • Collecting
    who
    Rüdiger Vogel - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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